intertwine

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ twine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəˈtwaɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈtwaɪn/, [-ɾəɹ-]

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• Rhymes: -aɪn
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧twine

Verb

intertwine (third-person singular simple present intertwines, present participle intertwining, simple past and past participle intertwined)

1. (transitive)
   1. To twine (things) together.

      Synonyms: entwine, lace, twine

      Coordinate terms: interweave, tangle

      • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 240c:

        You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining, our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.

   2. To connect (things) closely.
2. (intransitive)
   1. To become twined together.
   2. (figurative) To become mutually involved.

Derived terms

• intertwinement
• intertwiner
• intertwingle
• intertwingle (probably)
• intertwiningly

Translations

to twine (things) together

Bulgarian: преплитам (bg) (preplitam) Czech: proplést pf Finnish: kietoa (fi), punoa (fi) French: enchevêtrer (fr), entrelacer (fr) Galician: entrelazar (gl) German: verflechten (de) Ingrian: punnoa Italian: intrecciare (it) Macedonian: пре́плете (préplete) Middle English: twynen Occitan: entrelaçar, trenar (oc), natar, trelhar Ottoman Turkish: طوقومق (dokumak) Portuguese: entrelaçar (pt), trançar (pt) Russian: переплета́ть (ru) impf (perepletátʹ), переплести́ (ru) pf (pereplestí), сплета́ть (ru) impf (spletátʹ), сплести́ (ru) pf (splestí) Scottish Gaelic: eadar-thoinn Spanish: entretejer (es), entrelazar (es)

to become twined together

Arabic: اِنْضَفَرَ (inḍafara), تَدَاخَلَ (tadāḵala), تَشَابَكَ (tašābaka) Bulgarian: преплитам се (preplitam se) Czech: proplést se pf Finnish: kietoutua (fi), punoutua French: s'entrelacer (fr) German: sich verflechten (de) Italian: intrecciarsi Kurdish: Central Kurdish: تێکخستن (têkxistin) Macedonian: се пре́плете (se préplete) Portuguese: entrelaçar-se, trançar-se Russian: переплета́ться (ru) impf (perepletátʹsja), переплести́сь (ru) pf (pereplestísʹ), сплета́ться (ru) impf (spletátʹsja), сплести́сь (ru) pf (splestísʹ) Spanish: entretejerse, entrelazarse (es) Swedish: sammanflätas (sv)